Cinematic Style On Display
June 08, 2016
Film Info
- Hong Kong
- 2000
- 98 minutes
- Color
- 1.66:1
- Cantonese, Shanghainese
- Spine #147
Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past decade of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.
Cast
| Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) | Maggie Cheung Man-yuk |
| Chow Mo-wan | Tony Leung Chiu-wai |
| Ah Ping | Siu Ping-lam |
| Mrs. Suen | Rebecca Pan |
| Mr. Ho | Lai Chin |
| Amah | Chin Tsi-ang |
Credits
| Director | Wong Kar-wai |
| Produced and written by | Wong Kar-wai |
| Executive producer | Chan Ye-cheng |
| Associate producer | Jacky Pang Yee-wah |
| Production design | William Chang Suk-ping |
| Chief editor | William Chang Suk-ping |
| Costume design | William Chang Suk-ping |
| Director of photography | Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin |
| Original music | Michael Galasso |
| Gaffer | Wong Chi-ming |
| Art director | Man Lim-chung |
| Special thanks/quoted author | Liu Yi-chang |
Disc Features
- New digital transfer (DVD edition); new, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Mark Lee Ping-bin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack (Blu-ray edition)
- @ “In the Mood for Love,” director Wong Kar-wai’s documentary on the making of the film
- Deleted scenes, with commentary by Wong
- Hua yang de nian hua (2000), a short film by Wong
- Archival interview with Wong and a “cinema lesson” given by the director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
- Toronto International Film Festival press conference from 2000, with stars Maggie Cheung Man-yuk and Tony Leung Chiu-wai
- Two new interviews with critic Tony Rayns, one about the film and the other about the soundtrack, featuring musical cues (Blu-ray only)
- Trailers and TV spots
- The music of In the Mood for Love, presented in an interactive essay (DVD only)
- Essay by film scholar Gina Marchetti illuminating the film’s unique setting (DVD only)
- Photo gallery (DVD only)
- Biographies of key cast and crew (DVD only)
- Plus: A booklet featuring the Liu Yi-chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film (DVD and Blu-ray); a new essay by film critic Li Cheuk-to and a director’s statement (DVD only); and a new essay by novelist and film critic Steve Erickson (Blu-ray only)
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
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